Development and transformation of social structures

Civilization: Persians

Name: Danielle Fowler





Theme

How does this theme apply to your civilization?

Gender roles and relations

  • male warriors were leaders of the clans
  • certain activities such as textile weaving is considered women's work

Family and kinship

  • when they were young, sons had to learn how to fight in battle

Racial and ethnic constructions

  • P.O.W. slaves were treated worse than any other class because they came from different regions

Social and economic classes

Social Classes:

* Imperial Burecrats- educated, literate, professional, & high-ranking* worked as adminstrative officials, tax collectors, record keepers, or translators* Free Classes- free, but dont have leadership priiledges
  • worked as artisians, craftsmans, merchants, low-ranking civil servants, preists, or preistesses
  • Slaves- P.O.W.'s or free subjects with built up debt
  • no personal freedom because they were viewed as property of others
  • worked as servants or skilled laborers